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// Chapter 51 - Poison, Water, and Electricity! Magic Gear Upgrade! 
// Story: Luffy in Equestria 
// by SparkStone 
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	Twilight enters the top floor of the prison with tired hooves and heavy panting. She scans the room carefully, looking for her brother. The room having humongous canisters of water and a platform above, she raises and eyebrow wondering what to make of all this. She steps closer and closer to see that there was no one else in the room. Only her and another figure exiting the shadows between the water storages.

"Twilight Sparkle, so glad you could make it up here alive." Steel Guard welcomed with sarcasm spilled onto his words. "I did hope to meet you under… the standards of our facility…"

"In chains like every pony else?" Twilight sneered.

"Well, that would certainly make things easier on our end." He chuckled lightly. "But even with your powerhouse of a crew, you won't be able to escape what we had in store for you."

"That doesn't matter right now. What I need to know is where Shining is!"

"Shining Armor?" He spoke nonchalantly. "Well, he's not here. He was sent away for quite a while now."

"Wha…What…!?" Twilight muttered, eyes shrinking in confusion.

"We sent him off to Scraper City to ready for his part."

"What… What do you mean!?"

"You tried to hide it. You did very well, but we dug up whatever information we could on you lot. Shining Armor has a lot of connections. The older brother of you, Twilight Sparkle, who also is the student of Princess Celestia. What else did we know? He has so many connections, to even Princess Cadence!"

"Princess… Cadence…!?"

"We plan to use him to lure out the perfect hostage."

"You're using my brother as bait!?" Twilight shouted in anger. "How could you!?"

"He plays his part so perfectly, how could we not? Besides, it worked on you."

Twilight gritted her teeth as she began to step back. Turning quickly, she makes her way for the exit. Steel Guard flies high and shoots his metallic feathers onto Twilight. She is not injured, but the feathers restrain her to the floor. Steel Guard grins at the downed unicorn as she tries to shake off the feathers.

"Urgh! Why can't I get out?"

"These feathers have been turned into metal, thanks to my armor. The unicorns magic certainly is useful. Look what your kind has been able to do for me."

"When my friends get here, you'll be sorry!"

"Your friends… Ah, that's right." He placed his talon under his beak and smiled. "Well, seeing how we have enough enchanted metal to supply the army, we no longer need these prisoners."

"What are you talking about!?"

"With our most powerful griffons of the prison, we're planning to eradicate all rebels in the prison in one fell swoop."

Steel Guard went to one of the massive canisters of water and placed his talon on the metal hull. Turning his claw into a steel fist, he punctures the canister, letting the water slowly flood out. It took a moment to realize what he was planning to do.

"One of the three deaths you'll most likely have will be drowning. With Electra and Venom, your friends will also be electrocuted and poisoned."

"You can't be serious…!" Twilight whimpered. "You can't do that to every pony!"

"Watch us." He replied. Looking up to the doors, he sees Electra and Venom coming into view. "Ah, right on time!"

"No!" Twilight yelled.

The two griffons were flying in from the door. Steel Guard smiled warmly and greeted his comrades.

"Welcome back you two-"

Suddenly, two hooves stretched and slammed to the faces of Electra and Venom. Steel Guard paused as he watches the two get thrown off by the rubbery pony. Twilight tears up as she sees Luffy come to the rescue. He was flowing with anger as he finally sees Twilight trapped by Steel Guard. Luffy then rushes in with another punch behind him.

"GET YOUR CLAWS OFF OF TWILIGHT!!" He shouted.

Steel Guards body then turned completely metal with spikes coming from his very skin.

"Try and hit me you brat!" Steel Guard challenged.

Using Haki, Luffy launched his augmented hoof to the stomach of the griffon, hurting him deep inside. He was then thrown to the canister of water, now opened and adding to the water in the room. Luffy used his mouth to take off all the feather restraints off of Twilight. Picking her up, he asks…

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah." Twilight assured him before looking at him to the eye. "Shining isn't here… and there's more."

"I know. The plant girl told me already."

"Did you know about the trap they have for every pony too?" Twilight quickly asked.

"… Trap?"

"They're planning to flood the whole prison! Then electrocute them! Then poison them!"

"Oh, you mean that zappy and purple smoke bird? Yeah, they can't do that to me."

"Wait… You're immune to their powers!?"

"Yeah, looks like it."

"… The electricity, I understand. But what about the poison?"

"Don't know. Maybe it's because of that Magellan guy."

"What… Who?"

"Electra! Venom!" Steel Guard called from the water canister above. Luffy and Twilight turned to the direction of the voice and saw the three quickly plotting their next move.

"Venom, you know what to do. Get down there! Electra, release the water."

The two did as they were told. Venom opened a secret elevator for one and gets going to the bottom floor, making sure the metal doors were shut tight. Electra releases the water, letting it all into the room. Luffy and Twilight's hooves are now wet and in water up to their hoof.

"We're not in a good position here… we have to get out of here!" Twilight alerted Luffy.

"Now Electra, get to the water!" Steel ordered.

Twilight's eyes shrunk as she turned to see Electra reaching the water. The touch of the claw enters the water and the electric currents start to flow. 





After the prisoners were released, they stood still and watched what seemed to be a huge feud. Gilda was before her long lost parents, and at the moment, it was not a family reunion anyone would want on their claws. Still behind bars, the mother and father are still shocked by what they see before them.

"Gilda! You're... Alive!!" The mother said.

"Yeah, surprise, surprise, huh?" Gilda retorted.

"T-That's not what she meant..." The father claimed.

"Oh please! Save the sweet talk for your next sea scam!" Gilda snapped back. "After leaving me to fend for myself, I bet your pretty scared being in a tight spot like this, huh?"

"I'm NOT afraid of you!" The father shouted.

Gilda slams her claw into the bars, bending it to a curve. She gives a deep glare into their eyes. "You should be."

"You've gotten stronger..." The mother pointed out. "I guess you aren't so useless after all."

"Like you two can do anything." Gilda sneered. "When were you taken anyways? Heck, you were in a flying ship! How'd they catch you?"

The two sighed and looked down in shame. "We were being watched. Ever since we left for Equestria, an agent was sent to keep an eye on us. We found out after we left for the seas on the first day. They locked up our crew somewhere and took our ship to remake over and over again."

"So that's why they had them!" Gilda realized. "They stole your plans!"

"Those sniveling thieves are going to pay for stealing MY design!" The mother cursed.

"I thought we were going in the low so we won't be in anymore of this stupid prison crap!"

The mother grabbed her partner by the fluff and said, "They stole MY plans! MINE! WE were the only ones who were going to raid in the air! No pony, no griffon, NO ONE at ALL!"

Shoving the father away, she says, "Once I get an airship, then I'll be satisfied. They blew off our bird once they were done snagging the blueprints! So I say we get something for our insurance."

"What are you doing!" Trixie scolded as she ran to Gilda. "Why haven't you set them free yet!? The great and powerful Trixie needs them to drive an airship out of this dump of a prison!"

Gilda raised an eyebrow and turned to the two. "Is that true?"

The two nodded fiercely to their daughter. Gilda sighed as she placed the key in and freed the two. "Alright, but I swear to Celestia, if you even THINK about pulling a fast one on me or my friends, you're gonna get it for sure."

The mother paused before looking up to the stairs. She closed her eyes for a moment before she drops her jaw in shock. "Unicorns! Block those stairs! NOW!"

"What!?" Trixie spoke. "You are to take orders from Trixie! Not-"

"NOW!" She demanded once more.

The handful of unicorns jumped and rushed to the stairway leading upstairs. Using their magic, they create a wall. It wasn't long before a flood of water rushes and hits the archway. If it weren't for the decision of blockading it, then the whole room would've been flooded.

"What the hay is that!?" the father questioned.

"They were going to flood us out." the mother answered. "We better get moving if we're going to escape."

"TWILIGHT! LUFFY!" Gilda screamed. She grabbed her parents and said, "My friends are up there! We're not leaving just yet!"

"They're as good as dead! There's no way they're gonna make it-"

"They won't make it if we just stand here! Think of something!"

The mother groaned before closing her eyes once more. A moment passes and she gives the lowdown. "I was able to sense two ponies and two griffons. The two are wet, but out of the water... for now. As for the griffons, they have the advantage. The room they're in isn't completely filled with water, but the passageway down is flooded. So unless you're able to go up there real fast, no one is able to help them."

"I'm fast." A stallion of orange with wings approaches them with eagerness to help. "Allow me to aid in the rescue. I won't let Twilight die here."

"And who're you?" Gilda questions.

"My name... Is Rusher."





The crowd with Gold were practically outraged. Those who were with Gold on his idea stood guard to protect him. They still rebel against the idea.

"I can't go to war! I'm like... seventeen!"
"I won't survive!"
"You can't be serious!"

"I'm sorry for dragging you all into this!" Gold apologized. "I of course don't want to send mere minors to a war. For now, you just have to trust me and follow my plan. There are airships upstairs. If we can take them, then we'll be able to get you on an airship to safety."

"How can we trust you!?"
"Yeah! You're still a desperate soldier looking for others to fight with you!"

"Believe what you want. My way is the only way out of this prison."

"We can also go down and just bust out through the guards." Some pony suggested. "Some on fellas."

As half of them went to the archway leading to the stairs down, Gold called out to them. "Wait! Don't go there!"

"We don't have to listen to you-"

They stopped and looked down the stairs to see a purple fog rolling in. The ponies and griffons screamed and ran back up and behind Gold Shield. He grits his teeth, thinking this would happen. "I knew they were acting funny! They're sending toxic fumes up the tower!"

"AAAH! WHAT DO WE DO!?"

"Every pony! Listen up!" Gold shouted. "If you want to live, you better do as I say! This is NOT a game! Now haul your plots up those stairs and FIND THOSE AIRSHIPS, NOW!"

They did as told and ran away. Gold ran too before noticing a box of armor on the floor. He looks back and forth from the poison to the box, and decides to take a chance. Levitating the box of armor, he runs up the stairs with the others.

"I wonder what this is...?"





Luffy and Twilight held onto their dear lives upon the tanks as the room gets flooded in. Electra gives another bolt of lightning to Twilight, forcing Luffy to stretch and grab her before it hits. As Twilight was thrown up higher to safety, Luffy took the moment to try and hit Electra.

"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!"

"Not gonna happen bub!" Electra sneered before dodging the blow. She was about to cut it clean off if Luffy hadn't retracted it in time. Steel Guard came in from behind however and slams Luffy to the water.

"LUFFY!" Twilight screamed. She uses her magic to levitate him towards a platform above the water. The red pony rolls and gasps heavily.

"Damn it! It's hard to fight in here." He pointed out. "I need to hurry up..."

"Gear Second!"

Dashing through, he dunks Steel into the water almost immediately. Electra sweats a bit as she was about to get hit next. She decides to dive down, and avoid Luffy altogether. He huffed as he got back to the platform.

"Aw geez, she ran away!" Luffy huffed.

Electra swam underneath the platform and then blasted the thing to smithereens. Luffy, completely fine from the attack, was however no longer on any platform. He was falling towards the water once more. Twilight was about to use her magic to rescue him, but Steel returned and grabbed Luffy into the water even faster.

"Luffy!"

Trying to hold his breath, Luffy tries to swim up. Unable to do anything, Electra and Steel then began their counter attack. They bashed him from left and right, not letting him off at all. Once he had taken enough damage, they let Luffy continue his suffering in the abyss. Twilight's eyes shrunk as she can no longer see him from up the canister. With what bravery she had left, she dives into the water, but not before using another spell.

"Air Bubble!"

A sphere of air surrounds Twilight and allows her to enter the water freely. She spots Luffy and quickly goes to him. Once in the air bubble as well, Luffy coughed and looked to Twilight.

"Thanks..." He gasped.

"Don't think you're safe yet!" Steel told them. "We have you surrounded. You're outmatched!"

Twilight breathed long huffs of air before coming up with an idea. She looks to Luffy and says, "We should combine our strengths. I'll need you to carry me if this is going to work. Is that okay?"

"Sure! Whatever you say!" Luffy replied. He puts Twilight on his back, and she holds on as tight as she could.

"Alright, ready?"

"Ready!"

Luffy hits the floor with his hoof in the second gear pose. However, another move is pulled out instead.

"Magic Gear!"

"What foolishness are they doing now?" Steel wondered.

The air bubble disappears, causing Luffy to panic. "ACK! Twilight! The bubble!"

When the water touches Luffy, he then realizes something. The water is touching him, but he unaffected! Luffy looks at his body and becomes amazed. "Whoa... WHOA!! I'm in the water!"

"I'm using my magic to take away the water's energy when it touches you. It's taking a lot of energy from me, but if I focus, we'll be fine." Twilight explained. "I'm giving you all the energy I have for now. The rest is up to you."

"Alright!" Luffy spoke. He turned to his foes and kicks the floor, ready to continue the fight. "Let's go!"

"So he can move in water." Steel sneered. "No big deal. Electra, finish him!"

"With pleasure!"

Electra dashes to Luffy with a claw imbued in high voltage. With a strike to Luffy's chest, the lights spark.

"Lightning Claw!"

"I told you! That won't work on me!" Luffy shouted as he lifts Electra above him. He sends in a barrage of punches at rapid fire. Once shot out of the water, Electra is sent flying while Luffy continues to punch at the fast pace.

"Gomu Gomu no Gatling Geyser!"

Shots of piercing water goes and hits Electra over and over until she hits the ceiling. It was over once the roof breaks off with Electra flying from the tower. Luffy retracts his hooves and checks on Twilight. She breathes heavily, trying to keep focus.

"You okay?"

"I'm okay... Just focus on the fight Luffy..." She mutters.

Nodding, the red pony turns to Steel who has had enough. His eyes turn red as his rage is at the peak. "Getting in the way of my perfect plan... how rude..."

He pulls out a long blade, longer than any normal sword. With one swing, he demonstrates his fast swordplay and it's power. The slash cuts all of the canisters and releases all of the water. "Be it drowning or bleeding, you will fall here, Pony D. Luffy."

"Gear Second!"

The two clash once more, and the tower quakes of the battle. Time is running out as the poison climbs up the tower and the prisoners are in need of escaping! Will Twilight and Luffy end the fight in time before they leave? And will Flare be able to take down Laflora in time?

Only time will tell.